Pump outside 19 Carnlea Road, Ballymena, Co Antrim is a Grade B2 listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 29 December 2006.
Pump outside 19 Carnlea Road, Ballymena, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- other-flint-honey
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- North Antrim MP: Jim Allister (TUV)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 29 December 2006
- Irish grid reference
- D 079 108
- Coordinates
- 54.93321, -6.31709
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a rare example of a cow-tailed water pump located in a public space. Dating from between 1880 and 1899, it is a closed-head lever type pump with a plain column and cap. Inscribed on the column is a flag logo indicating manufacture by Lee Howl & Co, Tipton, England, along with the words "Made in England" and the measurement "2"". The pump is identified as a "Paragon cistern pump" and stands on a concrete pedestal within a hedged niche beside number 19 Carnlea Road.
Historical records, including Ordnance Survey maps from 1903 and 1920 (PRONI Ref OS 10/1/27/11/1 and 2), show the presence of a well at this location. According to a local informant, the pump was installed by James Madill, at the prompting of Ballymena District Council, to provide water for nearby houses. Further details are available in the Environment Heritage Service Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997 (Pump no 48). The pump is of industrial archaeological interest and possesses local historical and social importance. It was recorded as derelict at one point.
Local climate
Pump outside 19 Carnlea Road, Ballymena, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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